Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1915
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III.
Other Institutions— the deaths in which have been distributed among the several localities in the District.
Century Works, Connington Road, Lewisham |
31, Church Street, Woolwich |
13, Chesnut Street, Darlington |
City of London |
Lunatic Asylum, Stone |
417, Evelyn 8treet. |
Deptford |
30, Hanover Build |
ings, Bermondsey |
Manor Way, |
3, Manor Park, Lee |
47, Maxwell Road, Littlehampton |
5, Osborn Terrace, |
Langer Road, Felixstowe |
Olive Cottage, |
West Street, |
Bexley Heath |
54, Parliament |
Street |
15a, Peabody |
Buildings, |
Vauxhall Bridge ltd. |
Public Highway, |
Evelyn Street, |
Deptford |
Public Highway. |
Main Road, Sidcup |
34, Radmore Road, |
Stamshaw |
Royal Dockyard, |
Woolwich |
River Thames, |
off Blackwall |
River Thames, |
Storer's Wharf, |
Poplar |
River Thames |
off Tate Gallery |
19, Sparta Street, |
Lewisham |
7, St. John's Wood |
Terrace, |
St. Marylebone |
Tug "Rufus," |
off Stewart's |
Wharf, Poplar |
S.S. "Vane |
Tempest," |
River Thames, Woolwich |
* Rates in Columns 5, 7, and 13 calculated per 1,000 of estimated population,
† Of these 130 are Soldiers.
Note.—The deaths to be included in Column 6 of this table are the whole of those registered during the year as having actually
occurred within the district or division. The deaths to be included in Column 12 are the number in Column 6, corrected by the
subtraction of the number in Column 8 and the addition of the number in Column 9.
By the term "Non-residents "is meant persons brought into the district on account of sickness or infirmity, and dying in public
institutions there; and by the term "Residents" is meant persons who have been taken out of the district on account of sickness or
infirmity, and have died in public institutions elsewhere.
The "Public Institutions "to be taken into account for the purposes of these Tables are those into which persons are habitually
received on account of sickness or infirmity, such as hospitals, workhouses, and lunatic asylums. A list of the Institutions in respect of
the deaths in which corrections have been made is given.
Area of District in acres
(exclusive of area
covered by water)
3,8-49 acres.
Total population at all ages 95,968
Number of inhabited houses 14,722
Average number of persons per house 6.52
At Census
of
1911
I.
Institutions within the District receiving sick and infirm persons from outside the District.
Miller Hospital |
Seamen's Hospital |
Greenwich Union Workhouse and Infirmary |
Herbert Hospital |
M.A.B. Brook Hospital |
Cottage Hospital, Kidbrooke |
Kidbrooke House Nursing Home |
Manna Mead, The Grove |
II.
Institutions outside the District receiving sick and infirm persons from the District.
Alexandra Hospital, Queen Square |
Auxiliary Hospital, Woolwich |
Banstead Asylum |
Bermondsey Infirmary |
Belmont Workhouse |
Bethlehem Royal Hospital |
Bow Institution |
Borough Sanatorium |
Cane Hill Asylum |
Caterham Asylum |
Camberwell House Asylum |
Cambridge Hospital, Aldershot |
Claybury Asylum |
Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street |
Cottage Hospital, Shooters Hill |
Colney Hatch Asylum |
County Lunatio Asylum, |
Barnsley Hall, N. Bromsgrove |
Cottage Hospital, Tonbridge Urban |
Consumption Hospital, Kensington |
Creydon Borough Hospital |
Dartford Heath Asylum |
East London Hospital |
East Sussex Hospital |
Evelina Hospital |
Fountain Temporary Asylum |
Guy's Hospital |
German Hospital |
Hants County Lunatic Asylum |
Horton Asylum |
Hospital for Women, Soho |
Hostel of God |
Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square |
King's College Hospital |
Leavesden Asylum |
L.C.C. Asylum, Dartford |
London Hospital |
Lunatic Asylum, Lancaster |
3rd London General Hospital, Trinity Road |
Martings Farm Sanatorium, |
Nay land with Dissington |
National Hospital, Queen Square |
Oxford County Lunatic Asylum. Littlemore |
Park Hospital |
Plumstead Infirmary |
Poplar Hospital |
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton |
Royal Arsenal Hospital |
Royal Arsenal Surgery |
Royal National Hospital, St. Lawrence |
Royal Free Hospital |
St. Anne's Home, Herne Bay |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital |
St. George's Hospital |
St. John's Hospital, Lewisham |
St. Joseph's Hospital |
St. Peter's Hospital |
St. Thomas' Hospital |
South-Eastern Hospital |
3rd Southern General Hospital, St. Peter-in-the-East |
South-Western Hospital |
Tooting Bee Asylum |
Woolwich Infirmary |
Year. | Population estimated to Middle of each Year. | Births. | Total Deaths registered in the district. | Transferable Deaths. | Total Deaths in Public Institutions in the District. | Total Deaths Registf.red in the District. | Nett Deaths belonging to the District. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Uncorrected Number. | Nett. | At all Ages. | Deaths of Nonresidents registered in the District. | Deaths of Residents not registered in the District. | Under 1 Year of Age. | Under 1 Year of Age. | At all Ages. | ||||||||
Number. | Rate per 1,000 Births registered. | Number. | Rate per 1,000 Nett Births. | Number. | Rate* | ||||||||||
Number. | Rate.* | Number. | Rate.* | ||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9a | 9b | 9c | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
1891 | 57344 | 1834 | 32.0 | 1521 | 26.5 | 609 | 257 | ||||||||
1892 | 58306 | 1763 | 30.2 | 1447 | 24.8 | 626 | 258 | ||||||||
1893 | 59957 | 1820 | 30.3 | 1586 | 26.4 | 611 | 290 | ||||||||
1894 | 61205 | 1753 | 28.6 | 1310 | 21.4 | 594 | 229 | ||||||||
1895 | 62479 | 1787 | 28.6 | 1197 | 23.9 | 708 | 266 | ||||||||
1896 | 60779 | 1860 | 30.6 | 1478 | 24.3 | 698 | 283 | ||||||||
1897 | 61697 | 1885 | 30.5 | 1422 | 23.0 | 687 | 293 | ||||||||
1898 | 62442 | 1907 | 30.5 | 1621 | 25.9 | 651 | 372 | ||||||||
1899 | 63196 | 1951 | 30.8 | 1597 | 25.2 | 661 | 327 | ||||||||
1900 | 67304 | 1927 | 28.6 | 1623 | 24.1 | 617 | 308 | ||||||||
Averages for years 1891-1900 | 61470 | * | 18487 | 3007 | 1510 | 24.55 | 646 | 288 | |||||||
Whole Borough. | |||||||||||||||
1901 | 96188 | 2775 | 2894 | 1898 | 19.80 | 532 | 102 | 786 | 389 | 140 | 1468 | 15.31 | |||
1902 | 98013 | 2802 | 2813 | 2138 | 21.81 | 616 | 148 | 876 | 420 | 149 | 1522 | 15.28 | |||
1903 | 99824 | 2702 | 2715 | 1741 | 17.49 | 550 | 126 | 778 | 372 | 137 | 1317 | 13.23 | |||
1904 | 101651 | 2629 | 2595 | 1945 | 19.20 | 594 | 99 | 864 | 404 | 154 | 1450 | 14.31 | |||
1905 | 103493 | 2678 | 2595 | 1807 | 17.51 | 551 | 114 | 835 | 349 | 130 | 1370 | 13.27 | |||
1906 | 105350 | 2652 | 2525 | 1821 | 17.34 | 553 | 137 | 853 | 332 | 125 | 1405 | 13.38 | |||
1907 | 107222 | 2513 | 2352 | 1803 | 16.93 | 591 | 129 | S80 | 291 | 116 | 1341 | 12.55 | |||
1908 | 109110 | 2590 | 2336 | 1819 | 16.41 | 575 | 133 | 884 | 349 | 135 | 1377 | 12.42 | |||
1909 | 111014 | 2455 | 2219 | 1715 | 15.50 | 512 | 151 | 818 | 293 | 119 | 1354 | 12.24 | |||
1910 | 112935 | 2410 | 2141 | 1716 | 15.14 | 555 | 128 | 831 | 261 | 108 | 1289 | 11.45 | |||
Averages for years 1901-1910 | 104480 | 2621 | 25.18 | 1840 | 17.71 | 563 | 126 | 840 | 346 | 131 | 1389 | 13.34 | |||
1911 | 95982 | 2381 | 2381 | 24.89 | 1844 | 19.28 | 575 | 152 | 911 | 361 | 151 | 306 | 129 | 1421 | 14.86 |
1912 | 95992 | 2367 | 2393 | 25.01 | 1687 | 17.63 | 571 | 147 | 891 | 230 | 96 | 200 | 84 | 1263 | 13.20 |
1913 | 96015 | 2528 | 2545 | 26.09 | 1828 | 18.74 | 602 | 170 | 913 | 307 | 116 | 263 | 103 | 1396 | 14.31 |
1914 | 96037 | 2382 | 2409 | 25.17 | 1832 | 19.14 | 592 | 191 | 1006 | 288 | 119 | 235 | 98 | 1431 | 14.95 |
1915 | 96037 | 2326 | 2347 | 21.52 | 2177 | 22.75 | 695 | 211 | 1177 | 271 | 116 | 238 | 101 | +1690 | 17.66 |